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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 3h

as longtime readers know i am a longtime hegseth hater, but i think bouie is right here to note that hegseth's remark that "trannies" are out of the military is, by itself, an impeachable offense obviously much else besides, but i want to dwell on this

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Pete Hegseth: Bully, Bigot and the Biggest Loser Imaginable

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 2h

lmao she won't even condemn the slur or defend us

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WYFF News 4 sat down with Andrews on Tuesday. She said, "I knew it was coming at some point. I think they want it to be a distraction for me, but it’s not going to be a distraction. I am a disciplined, hard-working candidate who is outhustling and out-fundraising my opponent. That’s why national figures like the President are getting involved. But it doesn’t change why I am running, who I am running for. It doesn’t change the problems South Carolinians are facing. So I am going to stay focused over the next four weeks on that.”

She went on to say, "I’m hearing from voters who are struggling to pay for their groceries, to fill up their gas tank, they are worried about their rural hospitals closing. That’s what I’m worried about, you know, if name calling could lower gas prices and diesel prices, then call me whatever name you want to call me but that’s not going to get the job done. I am focused on getting the job done for South Carolinians.”

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proclaimed today, October 6, as American Library Association Day in Chicago in recognition of ALA's direct positive impact on libraries in Chicago and nationwide. Thank you, Chicago, from your neighbors at ALA. Read the full proclamation: bit.ly/4hxwsYL

Black and white photo of ALA Council members from the 1976 Annual Conference standing in Grant Park in Chicago. A statue of General John Logan is visible in the right background. Text over photo reads "Chicago Proclaims October 6, 2026, 'American Library Association Day'

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am back from Missouri and there is some really special organizing going on around trans rights issues there. I shadowed a canvasser knocking on doors to talk to voters about gender affirming youth care, and heard how PROMO wants to make their office "the living room of the movement" in MO.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 9h

Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...

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AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit

Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8h

Please enjoy this extremely entertaining slideshow about neutrino physics by Joachim Kopp, which presents problems in neutrino physics as a series of thriller novels! agenda.infn.it/event/28874/... 💙📚🧪⚛️🔭

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Making sure you're not a bot!

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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇

Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats.

Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community.

For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail:

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence.

We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain.

I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy.

Sincerely,
Arienne Childrey

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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 22h

BECAUSE, trans-girl-in-hiding who’s reading this, it can also be as GOOD as you dream it might be. THE DRESS SHE GOES SPINNY. It rules so hard to be trans. It really does. It’s so fucking rad.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 05/10/2026

For my newsletter, I explained why you're all seeing Texas anti-trans ads during every football game this fall and what it all means for the midterms generally. www.burnsnotice.com/everyone-is-...

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Everyone is Sick of Texas Political Ads

Why you are seeing all these Ken Paxton ads and why this is a sign of the GOP's Texas demise

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

we fucking loved it, even when there was basically nothing on it, and let me tell you something else: we loved it because of human connection, human diversity, human creativity. WE DON'T NEED A SINGLE THING ANY OF THESE COMEMIERDAS HAVE MADE AND TRIED TO SELL US IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT INTERNET.

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Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Electricity is the highest quality form of energy we have; it is as direct a representation of "energy" as a commodity than any other. An "electrostate" is one where at least half of all energy use is electricity. Right now, Norway is the only country meeting that mark, but Japan is closing in:

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What is an electrostate?

It is not a club you are in or out of. It is a direction of travel.

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We reported a few days ago that a small handful of Dems were repeating Republicans’ transphobic stances, tho top strategists said that was unwise

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The NYT story is a great example of NYT making informing readers subordinate to pushing their agenda. If you read it carefully, it's clear that Democrats have largely decided to counter attack by saying Rs are obsessed with trans issues and neglecting things that impact ordinary Americans.

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.northsky.social · 03/10/2026

Also, as the bottom half of the image suggests, it's the brightest part of the spectrum emitted by our parent star.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...

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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing

To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Gonna do a thread of cutting room floor stuff re: my new Loren Rex Cameron feature … bsky.app/profile/sand...

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SCOOP “When I look at who is being pushed out, who is losing their positions I see people who have been vocal about workplace conditions, people who have been involved in union activity, and people who have raised ongoing concerns about our leadership,” Ash Orr said. www.advocate.com/news/a4te-la...

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Workers fought to save jobs at a national trans rights group. Then came a one-sentence layoff email

Advocates for Trans Equality says a $2.4 million deficit forced painful cuts. Its union says management rejected alternatives that could have saved jobs.

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whisperaxolotl.bsky.social @whisperaxolotl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October is Domestic Violence awareness month. As you may all know that I went through 2 years of domestic violence while I was married to a member of the far right. I hope to inspire those who are going through it to be able to safely leave and know there is better out there than to go through this.

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

departing (but not final, bet) words from laid off A4TE staff, some of the most selfless advocates we've got, many of whom i'm lucky to call friends: "We only have our names and reputations. We understand yours. So will history." for whatever it's worth i throw my name and reputation behind theirs

Andy, Brandie, Jake, Jami, Anya, Maxwell:

You can have feelings about what we've said and done while clinging to our livelihoods-while hoping that we could change the outcome and circumstance about what direction y'all wish to steer this organization in programmatically.

But a real leader is one that meets the moment and doesn't bury their head in the sand.

You each had plenty of opportunities to show up and wish us goodbye and you did not.

Leaving this here because some folks need a reminder.

What Good Leadership Looks Like

Self-Awareness

Respect

Compassion

Vision

Communication

Learning

Agility

Collaboration

Influence

Integrity

Courage

Gratitude

Resilience

(Source: Center for Creative Leadership's article on the 12 Essential Qualities of Effective Leadership)

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Union of Legal Workers for Trans Liberation @ulw4tl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yesterday was the final day of employment for eight laid-off union workers at Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE). This is how they were informed:

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/10/2026

The ACLU is suing a a Minnesota school district that has banned every sticker in an attempt to rid its campuses of rainbow ones. The school district is Detroit Lakes School District, and locals are up in arms at the sticker ban. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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ACLU Sues Minnesota School District That Banned All Stickers To Get Rid Of Rainbow Ones

“You created all of this disruption over a 2-by-3 inch sticker.”

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s past time to end state-sanctioned murder. No matter the circumstances. No matter what the person did. No matter whether it’s a state execution or a police-perpetrated killing or a drone strike in another part of the world. NO MORE.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026

This has the potential to rip apart comity between the states. If SCOTUS comes in and says that blue states can't regulate abortion in their own states and red states get a veto over it, it'll create a massive crisis for federalism. thehill.com/homenews/sta...

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Red states challenge mail-order abortion shield laws for providers

Three attorneys general in anti-abortion states filed a lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the abortion shield laws of three Democratic-led states that protect ph…

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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 01/10/2026

I think it's rather telling that only people who literally hate trans people have found any value whatsoever in the Needle's weird (and egregiously false) hit piece on Erin Reed. Like if I saw people like Jesse Singal and Ben Ryan celebrating any of my articles I'd probably just quit immediately

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.northsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm liking and reposting Katelyn, well aware that there are ways in which my tracking of this stuff for LegiAlerts can be "part of the problem" identified below. And I agree that you can get yourself stressed out taking a microscope to bills not aimed at your state (ask me how I know!) And also...

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Terry Schilling, a main architect of Republicans’ transphobic campaign messaging, has talked about the "magic" in spreading hate-driven propaganda. "How do win, how do we replicate this on other issues?” he asked on a right-wing podcast. What might those issues be?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 28/09/2026

I'm thinking of the countless attempts to shut down and any all discussions about patriarchy and misogyny by invoking abstract charges of "gender essentialism", or accusing feminists of thinking all men are inherently evil. The reality is actually much worse---women's pain isn't seen as real.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

clicked to read about political ad spends on anti-trans shit, ended up reading something quickly beautiful/profound about hope seemingly against all odds lol, by @katelynburns.com www.burnsnotice.com/we-may-have-...

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We May Have Just Seen the Tides Turn on Trans Rights

Some conservative PACs have backed off from running anti-trans ads. Is this a sign of what's to come for trans people?

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Hannah Who @notablyuncool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Remind your trans friends and family that your life is objectively better because they’re in it.

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Hannah Who @notablyuncool.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In times like these, trans joy is anything but trivial. It’s a lifeline. To every trans person sharing their happiness: you are giving hope. To everyone amplifying it: thank you for spreading the light.

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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.northsky.social · 25/09/2026

There's a handful of 2026 bills I need to play catch up on for their data for this - and the older data in the graph, I've been picking away at confirming/filling in as well. Anyway, a lot of legislators trying to define sex is like legally setting pi to equal three.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

God, I wish we could have private accounts here.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 25/09/2026

Parker Molloy just published this thoughtful piece tonight. It's worth a read imo. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...

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Trainwreck

Old habits, especially embarrassing ones, die hard.

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.northsky.social · 25/09/2026

I meant to include that this is a history/timeline of such developments primarily.

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Emma Curtis @emmacurtis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I didn’t just make campaign promises—I’ve been delivering real results to make life better for all Lexingtonians. I show up and I do the work. With the election 40 days away, I’m proud to share a list of 40 accomplishments I’ve made in my first term (so far…) #EmmaForLex #Election2026 #Lexington

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Emma's Record — Emma Curtis for Lexington Council

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the sort of thing I had in mind when I wrote about anti-trans policies being used as the thin end of the wedge in areas including academic freedom.

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.northsky.social · 24/09/2026

Can we maybe divert some of that AI money to, IDK high speed passenger rail? Solar power? Affordable housing?

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.northsky.social · 24/09/2026

Repeating what I said upthread: DEI in legislation usually doesn't only mean what one might think of as "diversity, equity, and inclusion". Florida's S1134 (new law this year) is a sort of stealth ban on anti-discrimination training by municipalities re: SOGI: legiscan.com/FL/text/S113...

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Florida S1134 | 2026 | Regular Session

Bill Text (2026-04-23) Official Actions of Local Governments [Chapter No. 2026-43]

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

I had a conversation with a DEI professional in another country last week, and y'all know I'm a critic of DEI as a framework, but she said something while discussing where the US is on the path to genocide: The goal of DEI work is to prevent genocidal ideas from taking root.

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Really frustrating to have to beg for people to not center endosex cisgender people in their objections when the policies are explicitly aimed at trans people.

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